TOULOUSE, FRANCE — When the Irish novelist Joseph O’Connor reads his books aloud he almost sings them. Like his sister, the singer Sinead O’Connor, he is forever searching for “musicality.”
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
SOME people dread old age believing that they will feel “limited.”
PARIS — A jump in global temperature of two degrees Celsius would double the severity of crop failures, water shortages and heatwaves in many regions compared to a rise of 1.5°C, according to a study released last week.
THE SECRET to younger-looking skin, according to American skincare brand Neutrogena, centers around two concepts: hydration and sun protection. These are at the crux of the brand’s reintroduction of products meant to encourage people to invest in their skin.
LOS ANGELES — Marvel’s band of Avengers are usually a friendly bunch, but when faced with the destruction of their heroic efforts to save the world, the superheroes are split between maintaining control of their powers or going under government contract, leading to an explosive battle.
NO, THE TRUMP Fence Company won’t build the big, beautiful wall that Donald Trump vows along the Mexican border. Trump Wine may be a real thing, but Trump Champagne has nothing to do with the developer-turned-presidential-candidate. Trump’s Memory Pills? The Donald isn’t hawking those either.
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A LANDMARK event is scheduled for May 4 at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM).
BOARDING GATE, a Singapore-based concept store meant to consolidate everyone’s travel needs under one roof and features luggage that is “born damaged” and other travel accessories, held its official launch more than six months after opening its Philippine branch at Robinsons Place Manila.
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
Reporter
SWIMMING is a fun sport to take up from which many benefits can be derived. And what better way to learn it than from people who have passion for it and are armed with a high-level of instruction? That is what swimming school Streamline School Instruction (SSI) is offering its clients.
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — Swedish author David Lagercrantz, who took over the Millennium crime series from the late Stieg Larsson, said the fifth book will be written in a straight-talking style popularized by Raymond Chandler.
VIENNA — By mid-century, pockets of southern Europe will face at least one severe climate hazard every year of the scale now occurring only once a century, according to a new study.
